The uncanny of nefisa's deficiency : an impact of material and social issues in naguib mahfouz' the beginning and the end

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As escaping the oppression of poverty culminates multiple renunciations, Nefisa in Mahfouz's The Beginning and the End, (1949) portrays a moment of moral uncertainty and instability.

Our aim is to underline important aspects that Sigmund Freud related in his Uncanny, (1919) in which he explores moments of strange experiences, loss of control, and moral uncertainty.

In this light, we attempt to examine Nefisa's case in experiencing the notion of uncanny under intense materialistic hardships that developed her impulse of renunciation and change.

Hence, exploring the female protagonist's personality in accordance with her great change will be the trajectory of this scientific paper to conceptualize the sense of uncanniness in relation to the female protagonist's endeavor to escape the reality of her family's indigence while a certain mechanism is imposed.